Struggling to describe your favourite music in English? 🎧 Whether you love the chill vibes of Reggae, the energy of Hard Rock, or the catchy beats of K-Pop, this lesson is for you!

In our latest video, we break down:
✅ 8 essential music words (like lyrics, chorus, and beat)
✅ 8 major music genres with clear examples
✅ A useful grammar tip about -ing adjectives
✅ Fun "Did You Know?" facts you can share with friends!

Perfect for intermediate (B1-B2) learners — and remember, you can pause anytime to practise! 🛑

The English Effect

Music Mayhem

Hola Hola, desde Buenos Aires Argentina, por acá Camila, Profe de Español, con un nuevo podcast viajero - ustedes saben que estos son mis podcast favoritos. 

3 ritmos de viajes, ¿con cuál te identificas?

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How do you improve your IELTS band score. In this podcast I’m going to give you 1 simple strategy to help you get the band score you need.

The technique I’m going to teach you is paraphrase. Yes, paraphrasing is very important, and it’s something that IELTS examiners listen out for. In the IELTS band descriptors you will see that you can not get a band score 6 or 7 unless you can paraphrase effectively.

Let me give you an example.

Let’s say in part 1 the examiner asks you about your hometown and asks you this question: Is your hometown a popular destination for foreigners?

You should answer the question by choosing a synonym for foreigners, for example, tourists.

You could also choose a synonym  for destination, for example visit.

So, when the examiner asks you “Is your hometown a popular destination for foreigners?” you could answer like this:

Yes, many tourists visit my hometown. 

So, you’ve answered the question using paraphrase.

Instead of foreigners you said tourists and instead of destination, you said visit.

Let me teach you again. If the examiner asks you “Is your hometown a popular destination for foreigners?” you could answer:

Yes, many tourists visit my hometown. 


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IELTS Speaking Practice

Strategy 1 - paraphrasing

CHISTES MEXICANOS

PRONOMBRES

Recommended to listen repeatedly until you understand. 
Key words and Commonly used phrases, Please read after me. You can record the phrases you read and send it here, I'll correct the pronunciation for you. Follow me ,you will learn more Chinese. 

Key words and common phrases：
作业、面包、地图、北方、南方、电脑游戏、周末、复习汉语、着急、搬家、打算、跟着、一直、带手机、腿疼、脚疼、一棵树、容易、很难、太太、秘书、经理、办公室、一辆车、楼房、拿走、一把伞、胖瘦、其实、

Merry's Channel (HSK三）

HSK三  Key words and common phrases (1) , Please read after me 请跟我读

Belajar Bahasa Melayu

Negeri -negeri di Malaysia - States in Malaysia

 今年夏天很特别，从中国到外国，北方到南方，天气都非常热，温度也特别高。比如上海，夏天一般在三十五度左右。可是今年夏天有多热呢？最热的那段时间差不多每天都有四十多度。大家都说，这是最近二十年最热的夏天。有的专家说这是因为气候变化，环境被破坏了，以后全世界每年都会有这种不正常的天气，我们必须开始重视保护环境了。

Jīnnián xiàtiān hěn tèbié, cóng Zhōngguó dào wàiguó, běifāng dào nánfāng, tiānqì dōu fēicháng rè, wēndù yě tèbié gāo. Bǐrú Shànghǎi, xiàtiān yībān zài sān shí wǔ dù zuǒ yòu. Kěshì jīnnián xiàtiān yǒu duō rè ne? Zuì rè de nà duàn shíjiān chà bù duō měi tiān dōu yǒu sì shí duō dù. Dàjiā dōu shuō, zhè shì zuìjìn èr shí nián zuì rè de xiàtiān. Yǒu de zhuānjiā shuō zhè shì yīnwèi qìhòu biànhuà, huánjìng bèi pòhuài le, yǐhòu quán shìjiè měinián dōu huì yǒu zhè zhǒng bù zhèngcháng de tiānqì, wǒmen bìxū kāishǐ zhòngshì bǎohù huánjìng le. 

This summer is very special, from China to foreign countries, north to south, the weather is very hot, the temperature is very high. In Shanghai, for example, it's usually around 35 degrees in summer. But how hot will it be this summer? During the hottest days, it was more than 40 degrees every day. By all accounts, it was the hottest summer in the last twenty years. Some experts say that this is because of climate change, the environment is destroyed, the world will have this abnormal weather every year, we must start to pay attention to the protection of the environment.


Listening & Speaking (Mandarin)

越来越热   Getting hotter

Today we're talking about job interviews. We’re going to look at some vocabulary that you can use to improve how you perform in your next job interview. Or, if you’re writing a CV, cover letter, or a resume, these are words and phrases that you should think about including. Whether you're a student, a graduate, or someone with a lot of experience, job interviews can be scary. Especially if you're not a native English speaker. Hopefully today we can make them a little easier for you! I work with people from all over the world to improve how handle job interviews and hopefully you will find some of that in today's podcast.